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Gabor Joseph Tigyi, M.D., Ph.D.
Harriet Van Vleet Professor and Department Chair
Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
Professor of Chemistry, University of Memphis (adjunct)
Professor of Graduate Studies, Hokkaido University, Japan (visiting)
Foreign Member, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest
Member, European Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences, Paris
Chief Scientific Officer, RxBio Inc.
PERSONAL
Date and Place of Birth: February 20, 1958; Pécs, Hungary
Citizenship: USA by naturalization
Address: Department of Physiology
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
894 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38163
Tel.: (901) 448-4793
Fax: (901) 448-7126
Cell: (901) 233-4404
Email: [email protected]
http://physio1.utmem.edu/~tigyig/index.html
EDUCATION
M.D. (summa cum laude), University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary, 1976-1982
Ph.D.
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Budapest (with honors)
Thesis: Lysophosphatidate in the regulation of cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation
Postgraduate Training: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Laser Spectroscopy
Mentors: Lawrence R. Ryan and Geza J. Jako. 1979-1980.
Biomedical Center, University of Uppsala, Department of Biochemistry
Mentors: Stellan Hjerten and Paul Roos. 1983.
Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular
Biology, Gottingen, Germany. Mentor: Tom Jovin. 1984.
University of California, Irvine. Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular
Neurobiology, Department of Psychobiology. Mentor: Ricardo Miledi, Fellow of
the Royal Society and Member of the National Academy of Science, USA. 19861990.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2007-present
2006-present
2005-present
2003-present
2002-present
2001-present
2000
2000
1999-present
Chair, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
,Memphis
Harriet Van Vleet Chair in Oncology Research, University of Tennessee Health
Science Center, Memphis
Professor of Graduate Studies (visiting, on contract 2006-2011), Faculty of
Pharmacology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Professor of Chemistry (adjunct), Department of Chemistry, University of Memphis
Associate Director for Basic Science, University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, RxBio Inc. - an emerging biotechnology
company
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan.
Visiting Professor, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
Memphis.
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1997-2005
1995-present
1995-1999
1994-present
1992-1995
1990-1992
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Visiting Professor, City University of New York, Queens College Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Member, Cardiovascular-Renal Center of Excellence, Department of Physiology,
University of Tennessee, Memphis.
Associate Professor – with tenure (1996); Department of Physiology, University of
Tennessee, Memphis
Member, Center of Excellence in the Neurosciences, University of Tennessee,
Memphis
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of
Tennessee, Memphis
Assistant Professional Researcher, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular
Neurobiology, Department of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine
HONORS
2013
PR
2013
2011
Plenary lecture, Bioactive Lipid Mediates in Cancer, Inflammation and Other Diseases, St. Juan,
Keynote speaker, FASEB Summer Conference on Lysophospholipids, Niseko, Japan
Outstanding Research Advisor Award – College of Graduate Health Science, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center
2011 Journal of Lipid Research Award – FASEB Summer Conference, Lucca, Italy
2010 NAITO Foundation Lecturer, Frontiers in Lipid Research, Sapporo, Japan
2008 RxBio developed a product that was selected by the 2008 Better World Project as one of the top
100 examples from across the globe of how innovation from academic research makes its way to
the market.
2007 Member of the Board, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, Germantown, Tennessee
2007 Member, European Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences, Paris
2006 Nominee, Wheeley Prize, University of Tennessee
2005 Keynote Speaker, University of Tokyo 21st Century COE symposium “Drug discovery and
chemical biology”
2005 Keynote Speaker: FASEB Summer Conference on Lysophospholipids in Biology and Diseases
2005 President, Tennessee Road Warrirors, International Plastic Modelers Society Chapter, Memphis
2004 Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2002 Guest Editor – Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Special Issue on Lysophospholipids
2001 Takeda Foundation Lecturer, Symposium on Lipids in Signaling and Related Diseases, Tokyo
1997-2000
Established Investigator of the American Heart Association
1998 President of the Faculty Organization of the College of Medicine, University of Tennessee,
Memphis.
1996 Nagayoshi Nagai Prize, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
1996 Keynote Speaker, Lipid Session, Japanese Biochemical Society Annual Meeting, Kanazawa
1984 International Cell Research Organization Fellowship
1983 Merit Medal for Higher Education, Ministry of Education of Hungary for 4.0 GPA through
higher education
1981 First Place Award, National Research Conference for Medical Students. Debrecen, Hungary.
1980 Special Award, 1st International Research Conference for Medical Students. Hradec Kralove,
Czechoslovakia.
1979 First Place Award, National Research Conference for Medical Students. Pécs, Hungary.
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Progress in Lipid Research – Executive Editor 2013.
Biochimica Biophysica Acta – 2000-present. Guest Editor, Special Issue on Lysophospholipids, 2002 and
2008
Journal of Biological Chemistry – 2003-2014
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry – 2003, 2008, 2012. Guest Editor, special volume on lysophospholipids
GRADUATE LEVEL TEACHING
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Master Course in Biomedical Sciences, 2013
Interdisciplinary Graduate Course - Kidney physiology, 2005Kidney Physiology to Dentistry and Pharmacy Students, 2002Scientific Writing – through the reviewer’s eyes, 2006, 2007
Course Director, Physiology to Dentistry and Pharmacy Students, 2001
Medical Physiology – Osmoregulation, fluid balance, pH regulation, 1993-present
Respiratory Physiology Lectures to Dental Students — D1 Course, UT-Memphis; 1993-1999
Graduate Electrophysiology, UT-Memphis; 1994, 1997, 2001, 2003
Human Physiology Review — to Advanced Placement Biology Students at White Station High School,
Memphis City Schools; 1995, 1996
Biology '80: "Brain and behavior,” Neurobiology Lecture Course; 1991, University of California, Irvine
Biology '79: "How the brain works,” Neuroscience Lecture Course; 1990, 1991, University of California,
Irvine.
Biology 105, Psychobiology Laboratory Course for Undergraduates; 1988, 1989, University of
California, Irvine
Biochemical Separation Methods Postgraduate Course, 1984. Budpaest
Biophysics Laboratory Course, University Medical School; Pécs, Hungary; 1977-1982
UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE STUDENTS TRAINED
Le-Thiet Thanh
Postdoctoral UNESCO fellow, Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Center of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
David Dyer
Graduate student, Department of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine
Cindy J. Asselin
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Excellence in Research Institute
Sandra Win
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Excellence in Research Institute
David Fischer
Graduate student, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of
California, Irvine
Corey Wallace
Young Memphis Scholars Program
James Travis
Undergraduate at Christian Brothers University and recipient of REU award from
NSF. He completed his graduation thesis work in his lab, presented it at the Annual
Meeting of the West Tennessee Academy of Sciences in Union City, and won third
place.
Vaughn Massey
Recipient of REU award from NSF; medical student
Frakeeta Marshall Minority student of Central High School, participant in Young Memphis Scholars
Program; she won third place in the City Science Fair.
Danielle Townsend Undergraduate participants in the Graduate Summer Enrichment Program
Faith Marshall
Young Memphis Scholars Summer Science Institute
Antoni Jarret
Young Memphis Scholars Summer Science Institute
Brandon Sharp
Young Memphis Scholars Summer Science Institute
Amelia Zellander Young Memphis Scholars Summer Science Institute
Steven Dirmeyer Young Memphis Scholars Summer Science Institute
Rebecca West,
Young Memphis Scholars Summer Science Institute
Nico West
Undergraduate student
David Smith
Undergraduate student
Nilay Gandhi
Young Memphis Scholars Summer Science Institute
Sergio Klimkowski Young Memphis Scholars Summer Science Institute
Tamás Virág
Graduate student; graduated in January, 2004
Rebecca West
Undergraduate student, University of Memphis
Yuko Fujiwara
Graduate student; graduated in March, 2004
Sana Mujahid
Undergraduate, CHristion Brothers University
Takemitsu Sano
Graduate student; graduated in March, 2006
Gangadhar Durgam Graduate student; graduated in May, 2005
Renuka Gupte
Graduate student; graduated in 2011
Shuyu E
Graduate student; graduated in 2010
Alyssa Bolen
Graduate student; graduated in 2011
Ryoko Tsukahara Graduate student; graduated in 2012
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS TRAINED
1994-1996
1994-2001
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1996-1998
1996-1998
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1997-2001
1998-1999
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2002-2004
2002-present
2003-2006
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2005
2006-2011
2007-2010
2007-2010
2008-2012
2008-2013
2009-present
2012
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012-present
2012-present
Michael Ferrebee, M.D. Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
Currently Faculty at University of West Virginia.
David Fischer, Ph.D. Currently Senior Scientist, Group Leader, SERONO Inc., Boston.
Thanh Le-Thiet, Ph.D. Postdoctoral fellow. Currently Assistant Professor.
Zhong Guo, M.D.
Károly Liliom, Ph.D. Postdoctoral fellow. Currently Senior Scientist, Group Leader,
Institute of Enzymology Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Guoping Sun, Ph.D. Currenlty Patent Examiner at US Patent Office.
Nora Nusser, M.D. Currently Assistant Professor.
Balazs Debreceni, M.D. Currently Assistant Professor.
Junming Yue, Ph.D. Currently Assistant Professor.
De-an Wang, Ph.D. Currently Assistant Professor.
Daniel Baker, Ph.D. Currently Assistant Professor.
Agnes Sebök, M.D., Ph.D. Currently Associate Professor.
Muhammad Emaduddin, Ph.D.
Don Elrod, Ph.D. Currently Senior Scientist.
Károly Liliom, Ph.D. Visiting Scientist.
Vineet Sardar, Ph.D. Currently Senior Scientist, Pfizer.
Sanford Mendonca, Ph.D.
Kazuaki Yokoyama, Ph.D. Currently Associate Professor, Teikyo University.
Zsolt Lorincz, Ph.D. Currently Scientific Director of Targetx Inc.
Dagmar Meyer zu Heringdorf, M.D. Currently Associate Professor, University of Essen,
Germany.
Sandor Cseh, Ph.D. Currently Chief Scientist, Targetx Inc.
Satoshi Yasuda, Ph.D. Currently Assistant Professor, Medical University of Hokkaido.
Yuko Fujiwara, PhD. Research Associate.
Natalia Makarova, M.D., Ph.D. Instructor. Currently Senior Scientist, Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Michelle Walker, Ph.D. Post-doctoral fellow.
Tamotsu Tsukahara, Ph.D. Post-doctoral fellow.
William J. Valentine, Ph.D. Post-doctoral fellow.
Rosalie Allen, Ph.D. Post-doctoral fellow.
Daniel Osbone, Ph.D. Post-doctoral fellow.
Huazhang Guo, M.D., Ph.D. Research Associate.
Juanxiong Liu, Ph.D. Research Associate.
Gyongyi Kiss. Post-doctoral fellow.
James I. Fells. Post-doctoral fellow.
SueChin Lee. Post-doctoral fellow.
Barbara Serrano-Flores. UNAM, Mexico.
Zsolt Lorincz, Visiting Professor.
Erzsebet Szabo. Post-doctoral fellow.
Andrea Balogh. Post-doctoral fellow.
Souvik Banerjee. Post-doctoral fellow.
Yoshibumi Shimizu. Post-doctoral fellow.
Dissertation Committee Member
Ji-Wei Wang, Department of Physiology, Ph.D. awarded in 1995
Jianyi Zhang, Department of Physiology, Ph.D. awarded in 1996
Glen Pyle, Ph.D. Department of Physiology, awarded in 1998
Quin Ching, Department of Physiology, Ph.D. awarded in 2000
Keven Williams, Department of Physiology, Ph.D. awarded in 2000
Veronika Zsiros, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, 2000-2002
Matthew Fabian, Department of Physiology, Ph.D. awarded in 2001
Steven Lloyd, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Ph.D. awarded in 2003
Guan Yao, Department of Biochemistry, Ph.D. awarded in 2003
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Chunying Li, Department of Physiology, Ph.D. awarded in 2005
Mitzi Dunagan, Department of , Ph.D. awarded in 2011
James Fells, Department of Chemistry, University of Memphis
Shi Jin, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Donna Perygin, Department of Chemistry, University of Memphis
Jesica Williams, Department of Chemistry, University of Memphis
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
National and International
Conference co-chair, FASEB Summer Conference on Lysophospholipids, Il Ciocco, Italy, YEAR?
Program Committee, International Eicosanoids and Lipid Mediator Conference 2011, Seattle, Washington
Conference Chair, Program Committee, International Eicosanoids and Lipid Mediator Conference 2009,
Cancun, Mexico
Program Committee, International Eicosanoids and Lipid Mediator Conference 2007, Montreal, Canada
Program Committee, International Conference on Phospholipase A2 and Lipid Mediators, Berlin, 2005
Outside Review Team, RIKEN Tokyo, Supramolecular Systems Program, 2003
Chair, FASEB Summer Conference on Lysolipid Mediators, 2003
Site Committee, RIKEN Supramolecular Biology Group, Tokyo, 2003
Co-Chair, FASEB Summer Conference on Lysolipid Mediators, 2001
National Cancer Institute Subcommittee C, Program Project Review Panel member, 2002
Member of the Organizing Committee, International Congress on Platelet Activating Factor and Lipid
Mediators, Japan, 2001.
Steering Committee, New York Academy of Sciences, Symposium on Lysolipid Mediators in Health
and Disease, 1999.
Fogarty International Collaborative Programs, NIH Study Section, Regular member, 1998-2002. Ad
hoc member 2003-2005.
Conference Chair, 33rd Southeastern Lipid Conference, Cashiers, North Carolina, November 4-6, 1998
Member of ad hoc grant review committee for NSF Integrative Biology Neuroscience program, 1997
Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, 1991-present
Organizing Committee for the Summer Science Institute, 1988
Ad hoc reviewer for the Spinal Cord Research Foundation of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, 1996
University Committees:
Vice Chancellor for Research Search Committee, Co-chair, 2014
Pharmacology Chair Search Committee, Chair, 2013
Vice Chancellor for Research Search Committee, Co-chair, 2011
Research and Licensing Strategies Task Force, UTHSC, member, 2006
Execution and Implementation. Strategic Planning Working Group .Chair, 2006
UTHSC Large Equipment Committee, 2006
UT State-Wide Cancer Center Planning Task Force, 2006
UTCI Director Search Committee, 2003
UTCI Community Advisory Committee, 2002-present
UT Cancer Center Internal Advisory Committee, 2002-present
UT Cancer Center External Advisory Committee, 2002-present
Bioinformatics/Genomics Search Committee, 2001
Anatomy and Neuroscience Chair Search Committee, 2000
President of the Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee, College of Medicine, UT-Memphis, 1998-1999.
Research Advisory Committee to the Dean-elect for the College of Medicine, UT-Memphis, 1998
Transgenesis Research Task Force, UT Memphis, 1998-present
President-elect of the Faculty Organization for the College of Medicine, UT-Memphis, 1997-1998
Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Physiology, UT Memphis, 1997-present
Coordinator for the Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Seminar Program with the Center for
Neuroscience, UT-Memphis, 1997-present
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Scientific Advisory Committee of the Brain Injury Research Institute, 1995.
Executive Committee of the Faculty Organization for the College of Medicine, UT-Memphis, 1994-1999
Program Director on an NSF grant proposal entitled "Young Memphis Scholars — Summer Enrichment
Program for High School Students,” 1993-1998
Graduate Training Committee, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UT-Memphis,1992-1998
RESEARCH AND OTHER EXTERNAL SUPPORT
Current Support
06/30/13-06/29/18. 1 U01 AI107331-01. "IND-Enabling Preclinical Development of a New
Radiomitigator." This project is aimed at the preclinical development of LPA2 agonists with
radiomitigator action. ROLE: PI. 3.6 calendar months.
04/01/12-03/31/17. NIH R01 2R01CA092160-11. “Anticancer Strategies Targeting the Autotaxin-LPA
Receptor Axis." $1,250,000. ROLE: PI. 2.4 calendar months.
VA Merit Award 1101BX001187-01, Grant 10690312. “Novel Radiomitigators Targeting LPA
Receptors.” VA Merit Review Grant.
Van Vleet Oncology Support fund. Continuous. $100,000 per year. This endowment supports the PI’s
oncology research and provides cost sharing for the CA092160 grant. 0.1 calendar months/
Completed Support during the Last 3 Years
09/01/12-09/30/12. W911QY-12-1-0006 (PI: Strobos). “Rx100: In Vitro Mechanism of Action and
Preclinical Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Testing in an NHP, GI-ARS Model.” $394,000.
The major objective of this subcontract is to provide pharmacological characterization of a Rx100
for an IND filing to the FDA. ROLE: Subcontract, PI. 2.4 calendar months.
09/01/08-07/31/13. 5 R01 AI080405-02. "Analysis of Radiomitigative Cell Signaling." $1,250,000 +
$100,000 administrative supplement. The major goal of this project was to elucidate the
radiomitigating cell signaling of octadecenyl thiophosphate. ROLE: PI. 3.96 calendar months.
09/01/08-07/31/13. AI-R01 080405-01. "Analysis of Radiomitigative Cell Signaling." $1,250,000 direct
cost. The major goal of this project was to elucidate the radiomitigating cell signaling of
octadecenyl thiophosphate. ROLE: PI.
08/01/06-05/31/11. 5 R01 HL084007-04 (PI: Parrill). "Computational Approach to Ligand Discovery for
LPA GPCR and PPAR." ROLE: Co-PI.
Past Support
2009-2012
1 RC2 AI087550-01. NIH/NIAID. "Preclinical Development of a GI Radiation
Countermeasure." ROLE: PI.
AI 078514. NIH/NIAID. "Development of a Novel Gastrointestinal Radiomitigator." $1,449,000. The
main objective of this grant was to determine the therapeutic efficacy of octadecenyl
thiophosphate, a novel radiomitigators, using mouse and non-human primate models of
radiation-induced mucositis. ROLE: PI.
2007-2009 1 RC1 AI078514-01. "Development of a Novel Gastrointestinal Radiomitigator." ROLE: PI
2007-2009 1 RO-3 AI0170942-01 (PI: A.P. Naren). 04/1/07 to 06/30/09 NIH/NIAID. "V. Cholerae as
a Bioterror Agent: New Means of Treating a Potential Pandemic." ROLE: Collaborator.
2006-2011 NIH R01 (PI: A.P. Naren). “CFTR-Dependent Protein Interactions Regulate Diarrhea.” Coinvestigator
2006-2010 NIH R01 (PI: A. Parrill). "Computational Approach to Ligand Discovery for LPA GPCR
and PPAR." ROLE: Co-PI.
2006-2009 DOD, University of Tennessee Cancer Institute Enhancement Grant. “Novel Methods for
Imaging PET Biomarkers and Gene Therapy of Cancer.”
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NIH R01. “LPA Signaling through the GPCR-PPARg Axis.” $1,250000 direct cost. ROLE:
PI.
2003-2007 NIH R01. “Therapeutically Promising Phospholipid Growth Factors." $1,250,000 direct
cost. ROLE: PI.
2002-2003 Vascular Biology Center of Excellence Pilot Grant. "Atherogenic effects of LPA." $40,000.
ROLE: PI.
2001-2011 5 R01 CA092160-09. "Ligand Recognition by Phospholipid Growth Factor Receptors."
ROLE: PI.
2000-2003 NSF. US-Japan Collaborative Programs. $25,000. ROLE: PI.
2000
MCRR Shared Instrumentation Grant Proposal for a BIACORE Spectrometer (PI: L.
Jennings). ROLE: Participant user.
1999-2003 NIH RO1 (PI: M. Watsky). “Influence of Ion Channels on Corneal Wound Healing.”
ROLE: Co-PI. 10% effort.
1999-2002 American Heart Association National Chapter (PI: A. Parrill). "Computational Approach to
S1P Receptor Function." Subcontract $32,000/year.
1999
MCRR Shared Instrumentation Grant Proposal for a Liquid Chromatography-Triple
Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (PI: D. Desiderio). ROLE: Participant user.
1998-2002 NSF. "Modulation of Neuronal Differentiationby Growth Factor-Like Phospholipids" (2nd
Renewal). $495,855 direct cost. ROLE: PI.
1998-2002 NIH R01. "Therapeutically Promising Phospholipid Growth Factors." $687,159 direct cost.
ROLE: PI.
1998-2002 NIH RO1 (PI: L. Johnson). “Role of Polyamines in Early GI Mucosal Restitution.” ROLE:
Co-PI. 5% effort.
1997-2000 Industrial Research Grant for lipid mediator receptor research from LXR Biotechnology,
Inc. $70,000/annually.
1997-2000 Established Investigator Award — application to the American Heart Association.
"Cardioprotective Sphingolipids and Their Receptors." $75,000 annually.
1997
NSF. Shared Equipment Grant for a Phosphorimager. $59,651. ROLE: Co-PI with T. Patel,
UT-Memphis Pharmacology Department.
1996-1998 NSF. "Young Scholars at the University of Tennessee, Memphis." $251,000. ROLE:
PI/Program Director.
1995-1998 NATO. Collaborative grant with Dr. Lutz Pott of Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.
$12,000.
1994-1998 National Science Foundation, Washington (renewal). "Study of a Serum Factor That
Activates the Phosphatidylinositol System." $308,000. ROLE: PI.
1994-1997 Grant-in-Aid, American Heart Association, National Center. “Molecular Analysis of the
Lysophosphatidate Receptor." $120,000. ROLE: PI.
1994-1996 Spinal Cord Research Foundation of the Paralyzed Veterans of America.
"Lysophosphatidic Acid — an Endogenous Inhibitor of Neurite Outgrowth — Role in
Acute Spinal Cord Injury." $64,600. ROLE: PI.
1993-1995 Le Bonheur Children Hospital Research Grant. "Production of Growth Factor-Like
Phospholipid Mediators during Blood Coagulation". $9,800. ROLE: Co-PI.
1993-1994 University Medical Group Corp. "Do Growth Factor-Like Phospholipid Mediators Promote
Wound Healing?" $12,500. ROLE: PI.
1992-1994 American Paralysis Association. "Lysophosphatidic Acid — an Endogenous Inhibitor of
Neurite Outgrowth — Role in Acute CNS Injury.". $30,000. ROLE: PI.
1990-1994 NSF. "Study of a Serum Factor That Activates the Phosphatidylinositol System." $188,000.
ROLE: PI.
1984-1985 Richter Gedeon Pharmaceutical Works, Budapest. "The Effect of Vinpocetine on Acute
Allergic Encephalomyelitis." $25,000. ROLE: PI.
1983-1984 Hungarian Academy of Sciences Young Investigator Award. "Changes in the Synaptic
Membrane Architecture during Depolarization." Amount equivalent to U.S. $50,000.
ROLE: PI.
1983
UNESCO-International Cell Research Organization Training Fellowship to attend Graduate
School at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Awarded But Not Accepted by Principal Investigator
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American Heart Association, Tennessee Chapter. "A Study of Growth Factor-Like Lipid
Mediators on Neuronal Survival and Differentiation." $50,000. ROLE: PI. Awarded, but
not accepted due to funding of other projects.
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
2013-present
2007-present
2005-present
2004-present
2001-present
1999-present
1995-present
1992-present
1992-present
1992-present
1985-present
1985-present
1984-present
1984-present
1983-present
American Pharmacological Society
European Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences, Paris
North American Vascular Biology Organization
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member
American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
New York Academy of Sciences
American Physiological Society
ΣΧ Research Society
American Society for the Advancement of Science
Society for Neuroscience
European Association for Neurochemists
Hungarian Biochemical Society
Hungarian Biophysical Society
IBRO
Society for Basic and Clinical Immunologists
COLLABORATIONS
National and International
Dr. Olivier Peyruchaud, INSERM, Lyon, France
Dr. Akira Tokumura, Tokushima University, Japan
Dr. Robert Bittman, Queens College, New York
Dr. Wouter Moolenaar, Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
Dr. Lutz Pott, Head of Muscle Physiology Group, Department of Physiology, Ruhr University, Bochum,
Germany
Dr. Kimiko Murakami, Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Hiromu Murofushi, Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo University
Dr. Ian Bathurst, LXR Biotechnology, Inc., Richmond, California
Dr. Ala Bielawska, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Dr. Sarah Spiegel, Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Takao Shimizu, Department of Biochemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Wolfgang Seiss, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Munich, Germany
Dr. Judy Berliner, Department of Pathology, UCLA
Dr. Yasuyuki Igarashi, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokkaido University
Dr. Tom Stossel, Harvard University
Dr. David Brindley, Signal Transduction Group, The Heritage Foundation Research Centre, Edmonton,
Canada
Dr. John Castracane, Exalpha Biologicals, Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Tom McIntyre, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Dr. Nigel Pyne, Strahclyde Institute, Glasgow
Dr. Fang-Tsyr Lin, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Dr. Larry DeLucas, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Dr. Abby Parrill, Department of Chemistry, Computational Research Institute on Materials at the
University of Memphis
Dr. Gordon Mills, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Glenn Prestwich, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Dr. Richard J. Kirby, Sanford-Burnham Institute, Florida
Local
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Dr. Daniel Baker, University of Memphis
Dr. Abby Parrill, University of Memphis
Dr. Dominic Desiderio, Department of Neurology, Stout Mass Spectroscopy Laboratory, UT-Memphis
Dr. Leslie Ballou, Department of Medicine, Connective Tissue Research Group, VA Medical Center,
Memphis
Dr. Duane Miller, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UT-Memphis
Dr. Ram Gollamudi, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, UT-Memphis
Dr. Russell Chesney, Department of Pediatrics, UT-Memphis
Dr. Yi Zheng, Department of Biochemistry, UT-Memphis
Dr. Kafait U. Malik, Department of Pharmacology, UT-Memphis
Dr. Leonard R. Johnson, Department of Physiology, UT-Memphis
Dr. Mitchell Watsky, Department of Physiology, UT-Memphis
Dr. Jonathan Jaggar, Department of Physiology, UT-Memphis
Dr. A.P. Naren, Department of Physiology, UT-Memphis
Dr. Christopher Waters, Department of Physiology, UT-Memphis
PATENTS AND DISCLOSURES
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Procedure for separation and detection of antigen-specific cells. Najbauer, J., G. Tigyi, P.
Nemeth, and F. Kilar. Registry No. 196 511. Date of validity: July 10, 1984.
Method and pharmaceutical composition for treating demyelinization of autoimmune origin,
particularly multiple sclerosis. Tigyi, G., B. Bozoky, K. Szegvari, and T. Frank. U.S. Patent Ser.
No. 07/233,076. Date of validity: August 17, 1988.
A serum factor that activates the phosphatidylinositol second messenger system. Tigyi, G., and
Miledi, R. University of California Patent Disclosure, 1988.
Lysophosphatidate-induced neurotrophism and neurite outgrowth. Tigyi, G. Patent disclosure,
University of Tennessee Research Corporation. 1993.
Lysophosphatidate-induced regeneration of corneal cells. Tigyi, G., and M. Watsky. 1995.
Molecular cloning strategy for the lysophosphatidate receptors using degenerate oligonucleotides.
Tigyi, G. Patent disclosure, University of Tennessee Research Corporation. 1995. sold licensing
rights to LXR Biotechnology, Richmond, California.
Accelerated wound healing after lysophosphatidate treatment in the skin. Tigyi, G., L. Balazs, J.
Okolicany, and M. Ferrebee. Patent disclosure, University of Tennessee Research Corporation.
1995.
Nucleotide sequence of a high affinity receptor for lysophosphatidic acid from Xenopus. Tigyi,
G., Z. Guo, Liliom, K., and D. Fischer. 1996.
Compositions containing lysophosphatidic acids which inhibit apoptosis, methods of making
compositions and uses thereof. Erickson, J., D. Fischer, G. Goddard, Liliom, K., D. Miller, G.
Sun, and G. Tigyi. US Patent Application, 1997.
Development of new and novel phospholipid growth factor receptor ligands for cancer treatment.
Miller, D., G. Tigyi, G. Sun, and D. Baker. US Patent Application, 2000.
Recombinant baculoviruses expressing the lysophosphatidate receptors EDG2, 4, and 7. Patent
disclosure, University of Tennessee Research Corporation. 1995. Licensed to Exalpha
Biologicals, Inc., Boston, MA.
Miller, D.D., G. Tigyi, D.L. Baker, J.T. Dalton, V.M. Saradar, D.B. Elrod, H. Xu, Liliom, K.,
D.J. Fischer, T. Virag, and N. Nusser. LPA receptor agonists and antagonists and methods of use.
6,875,757, 2001.
Inhibition of neointima formation by PPARg antagonist GW9662. Baker, D.L., C. Zhang, and
Tigyi, G. PD03007, 2003.
Acetal phosphatidic acids as LPA receptor ligands. Miller, D., G. Tigyi, et al. 2004.
Use of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) mimics or derivatives to modulate Ppar-gamma receptor
activity and inhibit autotaxin (Atx) activity. Tigyi, G., D.D. Miller, V. Gududuru, G. Durgam,
D.L. Baker, and Y. Fujiwara. May 6, 2005.
New synthesized glycerol acetal phosphates and thiophosphates (GAPs) as selective LPA
agonists and antagonists and PPARgamma ligands. Tigyi, G., W. Deng, S. E, R. Tsukahara, G.G.
Durgam, V. Gududuru, andA.L. Parrill-Baker. October 21, 2006.
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LPA receptor agonists and antagonists and methods of use. Miller, G. Tigyi, T. Virag, G.
Durgam, M.D. Walker, and R. Tsukahara. 7,217,704. 2007.
Theoretical models of the LPA1, LPA2, LPA3, S1P1, S1P2, S1P3, S1P4, S1P5, and
LPA4 G protein-coupled receptors. Tigyi, G., A.L. Parrill-Baker, D. Perygin, and J. Fells. May
25, 2007.
Lysophosphatidic acid analogs and inhibition of neointima formation. Tigyi, G., D.L. Baker, and
C. Zhang. 2008.
Inhibitors of autotaxin. Gupte, R., R. Patil, G. Tigyi, and D.D. Miller. January 20, 2010.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
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homologies with non-MBP antigens. International Symposium of Demyelinating Diseases,
American Multiple Sclerosis Society. Airlie House, Virginia.
Cross-reactivities of myelin basic protein specific monoclonal antibodies. Symposium on
Neurotransmitter Function in Health and Disease. European Neurochemical Society Congress.
Budapest, Hungary.
Monoclonal antibodies and their applications in neuroimmunological disorders. XIII Annual
Meeting of the Hungarian Clinical Immunological Society. Szekesfehervar, Hungary.
University of California Riverside, Department of Biochemistry.
Department of Neurology, University of California Irvine Medical Center.
Keystone Symposium on The Role of Lipid Messengers in Signal Transduction Pathways,
Cellular Regulation and Disease.
LXR Biotechnology, Inc. Richmond, CA.
The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
Department of Pharmacology, The University of Essen, Germany.
Department of Physiology, The Ruhr-University. Bochum, Germany.
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Scientific Review and Advisory Panel Meeting, Memphis,
Tennessee.
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VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
Center for Excellence in Neuroscience, UT-Memphis.
Department of Developmental Neuroscience, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Memphis,
Tennessee.
International Symposium on Messengers of Life and Death in the Nervous System. The
University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Lipid Mediators in the Nervous System Satellite Symposium to International Society for
Neurochemistry Congress. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Department of Biophysics, University Medical School. Pécs, Hungary.
5th International Symposium on Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer; Inflammation
and Related Diseases. San Diego, California.
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Japan. September 22-25, 1997.
Department of Pharmacology, Tokushima University. Japan.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Kyoto. Japan.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University. Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Tokyo. Japan.
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College, City University
of New York.
Department of Pharmacology, UT-Memphis.
The Hormel Institute. Austin, Minnesota.
Department of Organphysiologie, Ruhr Universitat. Bochum, Germany.
6th International Conference on Platelet Activating Factor and Related Lipid Mediators. New
Orleans, Louisiana.
10th International Conference on Phosphoproteins and Signal Transduction. Jerusalem.
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Munich. Germany.
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Center for Excellence in Neuroscience, Lousina State University, School of Medicine. New
Orleans, Louisiana.
Lipid Signaling Group, University of Alberta. Edmonton, Canada.
New York Academy of Sciences Symposium on Lysolipids.
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College, City University
of New York.
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. Japan.
RIKEN, Supramolecular Interaction Programme. Japan.
Hokkaido University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science. Japan.
Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Hokkaido. Japan.
Mitsubishi-Kasei Institute of Life Sciences. Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Biochemistry, Kanazawa Medical School. Japan.
Congress of the International Society for Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids. Tsukuba, Japan.
Department of Biochemistry, Eotvos Lorand University. Budapest, Hungary.
100 Years after Luigi Galvani – Symposium on Neural Transmission. University of Rome. Italy.
Ceretek Incorporated, South San Francisco. California.
Department of Cell Biology, University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia.
7th Congress on PAF and Lipid Mediators. Chair and plenary speaker. Tokyo, Japan.
1st Takeda Symposium on Pharmascience. Tokyo, Japan.
Hokudai Symposium on Sphingolipid Biology. Sapporo, Japan.
Women’s and Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts.
Department of Biochemistry, Kyoto University, School of Graduate Sciences. Japan.
Department of Neuroscience, Osaka University school of Medicine. Japan.
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokkaido University. Japan.
Reeves Center for Neuronal Regeneration, University of California Irvine.
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokkaido University. Japan.
Ochanomizu University. Tokyo, Japan.
University of Memphis, Department of Chemistry. Memphis, Tennessee.
Grand Rounds, Department of Pathology, UTHCS, Memphis.
Vessel Club. Washington, D.C.
FEBS Lecture Course and 4th Dubrovnik Signaling Conference. Croatia.
Center for Biophysics and Engineering, University of Alabama Birmingham.
Department of Biochemistry, Hokkaido School of Medicine. Japan.
First International Sapporo Sphingolipid Symposium, Hokkaido University. Japan.
Sphingolipid Gordon Conference. Harima, Japan.
8th PAF and Lipid Mediator Conference. Berlin, Germany.
Ochanomizu University. Tokyo, Japan.
LPA - from ligand to mediator to medicine – Experimental Biology Symposium, Society for
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Keynote Speaker, FASEB Summer Conference on Lysophospholipids in Biology and Medicine.
Symposium on Chemical Biology, University of Tokyo Center of Excellence, Faculty of
Pharmacy. Japan.
City University of New York, School of Graduate Studies.
University of Arkansas Cancer Center.
University of Kentucky, Department of Biochemistry.
University of Munich, Cardiovascular Research Institute. Germany.
International Symposium on Atherosclerosis. Rome, Italy
Angelini Research Laboratories. Palomba, Italy.
Graduate School, Hokkaido University. Japan
Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Bioscience of Lipids. Pecs, Hungary.
Invited seminar: University of Memphis, Bioengineering Program, January 17, 2007.
Plenary Speaker, Sphingolipid Symposium in Honor of Senitchiro Hakomori. Tokushima, Japan.
Invited Speaker, 3d International Symposium on Phospholipases and Lipid Mediators. Sorrento,
Italy. May 24-29, 2007.
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Tucson, Arizona.
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Igarashi Symposium, Hokkaido University. Japan.
Japanese Biochemical Society Keynote Address. Tokushima, Japan.
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Discovery Center, Tokushima, Japan.
Vessel Club. San Diego, Califonia.
Hungarian Biochemical Society Annual Meeting, Keynote Speaker. Szeged, Hungary.
British Pharmacological Society Symposium of Lysophospholipids. West-Essex, UK.
Southeastern Lipid Society Annual Meeting. Georgia.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Invited Speaker - Phospholipase A2 and Lipid Mediators. Tokyo, Japan.
Invited Speaker - FASEB Summer Conference. Carefree, Arizona.
Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
University of California Davis.
University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine. Knoxville, Tennessee.
Niigata University, Department of Physiology, Center for Nephrology. Japan.
City University of New York.
Invited Speaker - NAITO Conference. Sapporo, Japan.
University of Arkansas Cancer Center. Little Rock, Arkansas.
Invited Speaker - International Biochemical Society Meeting. Merida, Mexico.
Invited Speaker - FASEB Summer Conference on Lysophospholipids. Il Ciocco, Italy
Invited Speaker - LIPID MAPS Annual Meeting. San Diego, California.
Invited Speaker - Eicosanoids and Lipid Mediators in Cancer, Inflammation and Other Diseases.
Seattle, Washingtn.
Strathclyde University. Glasgow.
British Biochemical Society Centennial Meeting on Cell Signaling, Edinburgh
Invited Speaker - FEBS Trauining Course on Lipid Signaling in Cancer. Vico Equense, Italy.
University of Kentucky, Cardiovascular Research Center. Lexington, Kentucky.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College, City University of New York.
Invited Speaker - FASEB Summer Conference on Phospholipid Metabolism. Saxtons River.
Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Veterans Medical Center. Memphis, Tennessee.
Department of Physiology, Semmelweiss University. Budapest, Hungary.
Keynote Speaker - Postdoctoral Research Day, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Memphis, Tennessee.
Murofushi Symposium, Ochanomizu University. Tokyo, Japan.
Tokushima University. Japan,
Nagasaki University. Japan,
Keynote Lecture - FASEB Summer Conference.
Plenary Lecture - Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases.
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
1. Tigyi, G. Antibody production with hybridomas. In: Molecular Methods in Immunology, edited by F.
Antoni and P. Zavodszky. Budapest: Medicina Press, 1987.
2. Dyer, D., Tigyi, G., and Miledi, R. Neurite retraction and suppression of early responses to nerve
growth factor in PC12 cells by a serum protein. In: Proceedings of the Miami Bio/Technology Winter
Symposium, edited by R.L. Rotundo et al. Oxford/Washington: IRL Press, 1989, p. 81.
3. Tigyi, G., and Miledi, R. Isolation and characterization of a novel serum factor that stimulates the
phosphoinositide-Ca2+ signaling system. In: Proceedings of the Third International Regeneration
Symposium, Neurology and Neurobiology Series, edited by F. J. Seil. New York: Alan R. Liss, 1989.
4. Dyer, D., Tigyi, G., and Miledi, R. Antimitogenic and neurite retraction effects caused by a serum
factor that stimulates the phosphoinositide- Ca2+ signaling system. In: Proceedings of the Third
International Regeneration Symposium, Neurology and Neurobiology Series, edited by F. J. Seil.
New York: Alan R. Liss, 1989.
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5. Tigyi, G., Fischer, D.J. Liliom, K., Guo, Z., Virág, T., Sun, G, Miller, D.D., Murakami-Murofushi, K.
Kobayashi, S., and Erickson, J.R. Determinants of receptor subtype specificity in the LPA-like lipid
mediator family. In: Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related
Diseases, edited by K.V. Honn, S. Nigam, L.J. Marnett, and E. Dennis. New
York/London/Washington, DC/Boston, 1998.
6. Tigyi, G., Liliom, K., Fischer, D.J., and Guo, Z. Phospholipid growth factors: identification and
mechanism of action. In: Lipid Second Messengers, edited by R. Rubin and S. Laychock. CRC Press,
pp. 51-81, 1998.
7. Goetzl, E.J., Lee, H., and Tigyi, G. Lysophosholipid growth factors. Cytokine reference.:/ Academic
Press. New York/London, pp. 1407-1418, 2000.
8. Tigyi, G. Lysophosphatidate and sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors. In: Encyclopedia of Biological
Chemistry, edited by W.J. Lennarz and M.D. Lane. Elsevier, pp. 602-604, 2005.
9. Dopico, A., and Tigyi, G. Lipid species and membrane composition., edited by A. Dopico. Humana
Press, 2007.
10. Valentine, W.J., and Tigyi, G. High throughput assays to measure intracellular Ca2+ mobilization in
cells that express recombinant S1P receptor subtypes. Meth. Mol. Biol. 874: 77-87, 2012. PMID:
22528441.
Refereed Journal Articles
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Hegedus, J., Tigyi, G., and Hegedus, I. (1983) Optoacoustic spectroscopy and its application
in structural studies of biomaterials. Meth. Exp. Med. (Budapest) 35: 201-208.
Tigyi, G., Hegedus, J. and Hegedus, I. (1983) Optoacoustic spectroscopy as a new tool for
structural studies of striated muscle. Studia Biophysica (Berlin) 95: 151-160.
Tigyi, G. Modern biochemical separation methods — a review. Biochemistry (Budapest) 7:
41-43, 1983.
Kilar, F., Najbauer, J., and Tigyi, G. (1983) Presence of myelin basic protein in cerebrospinal
fluid and sera of patients with multiple sclerosis. Acta Biochim. Biophys. 19: 108.
Tigyi, G., Balazs, L., Monostori, E., and Ando, I. (1984) Isolation of the human myelin basic
protein by immunoaffinity chromatography with a monoclonal antibody. Mol. Immunol. 21:
889-894.
Tigyi, G., and Kovacs, K. (1985) Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies
to the hydrogenase of Thiocapsa roseopersicina. Curr. Microbiol. 11: 329-324.
Tigyi, G., Juntti, N., and Johansson, D.-E. (1985) Screening for monoclonal antibodies
against a mycoplasmal membrane protein by protein electroblotting. Protides in Biol. Fluids
33: 575-578.
Kovacs, K., Tigyi, G., and Alfons, H. (1985) Purification by hydrogenase by fast protein
liquid chromatography (FPLC) and by conventional techniques: a comparative study. Prep.
Biochem. 15: 321-324.
Tigyi, G., Bagyinka, Cs., and Kovacs, K. (1986) Protein structural changes associated with
active and inactive states of hydrogenase from Thiocapsa roseopersicina. Biochemie 66: 6974.
Najbauer, J., Tigyi, G., and Nemeth, P. (1986) ASCAA-antigen specific cell adherence assay
— a simple method for separation of antigen specific hybridoma cells. Hybridoma 5: 361379.
Najbauer, J., Kosaras, B., and Tigyi, G. (1987) Adherence of cells to myelin basic protein.
Part 1. Adherence of red and white blood cells from patients with multiple sclerosis to myelin
basic protein. Acta Neurol. Scand. 76: 172-175.
Najbauer, J., Bozoky, B., and Tigyi, G. 1987 () Adherence of cells to myelin basic protein.
Part 2. Adherence of red blood cells of SJL mice with chronic relapsing EAE. Acta Neurol.
Scand. 76: 176-182.
Kilar, F., Mod, A., and Tigyi, G. (1987) Detection of myelin basic protein and anti-myelin
basic protein antibodies in the serum of patients with multiple sclerosis. Arch Neurol. (Budapest) 40: 573-576.
Kovesi, Gy., Mohai, K., and Tigyi, G. (1987) Immunoscintigraphic detection of transplanted
murine tumors using I125-labeled anti-myelin basic protein antibodies. Hung. Oncol. 31: 244249.
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Kovacs, K., Bagyinka, Cs., and Tigyi, G. (1988) Proteolytic resistance and its utilization in
purification of hydrogenase from Thiocapsa roseopersicina. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 935:
166-172.
Najbauer, J., Szekeres-Bartho, J., and Tigyi, G. (1989) Modulation of cell-cell and cellantigen interaction by 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 and D3 sulfate in vitro: a study on
pregnancy lymphocytes and hybridoma cells. Immunol. Lett. 317-322.
Kovacs, K.L., Seefeldt, L.C., Tigyi, G., Doyle, C.M., Mortenson, L.E., and Arp, D. (1989).
Immunological relationship among hydrogenases. J. Bacteriol. 171: 430-435.
Czysewska, H., Bagyinka, C. Kovacs, K.m and Tigyi, G. (1989) Purification and
characterization of the high potential iron sulphur protein from Thiocapsa roseopersicina.
Acta Biochim. Biophys. 266: 361-375.
Tigyi, G., Matute, C., and Miledi, R. (1990) Monoclonal antibodies to cerebellar pinceau
terminals obtained after immunization with brain mRNA injected Xenopus oocytes. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87: 528-532.
Tigyi, G., Dyer, D., Matute, C., and Miledi, R. (1990) A serum factor that activates
phosphoinositide signaling in Xenopus oocytes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87: 1521-1525.
Kovacs, K., Tigyi, G., Le Thiet, T., and Bagyinka, Cs. (1991) Structural rearrangements in
active and inactive forms of hydrogenase from Thiocapsa roseopersicina. J. Biol. Chem. 266:
947-951.
Tigyi, G., and Parker, I. (1991) Microinjection into Xenopus oocytes: a precise semiautomatic instrument and optimal parameters for injection of mRNAs. J. Biochem. Biophys.
Meth. 22: 243-252.
Matute, C., Tigyi, G., and Miledi, R. (1991) Monoclonal antibodies against rat brain mRNA
injected Xenopus oocytes — the oocyte as an immunological expression vector. J. Neurosci.
Res. 29: 77-86.
Tigyi, G., Henschen, A., and Miledi, R. (1991) A factor that activates oscillatory chloride
currents in Xenopus oocytes copurifies with a subfraction of serum albumin. J. Biol. Chem.
266: 20602-20609.
Dyer, D., Tigyi, G., and Miledi, R. (1992) The effect of serum albumin on PC12 cells. I.
Neurite retraction and activation of the phosphoinositide second messenger system. Mol.
Brain Res. 14: 293-301.
Dyer, D., Tigyi, G., and Miledi, R. (1992) The effect of serum albumin on PC12 cells. II.
Intracellular calcium transients and their role in neurite retraction. Mol. Brain Res. 14: 302309.
Tigyi, G., and Miledi, R. (1992) Lysophosphatidates bound to serum albumin activate membrane currents in Xenopus oocytes and neurite retraction in PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. J.
Biol. Chem. 267: 21360-21367, 1992.
Tigyi, G., Dyer, D., and Miledi, R. (1994) Lysophosphatidic acid possesses dual action in
cell proliferation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1: 1908-1912.
Buneman, M, Ferrebee, M., Tigyi, G., and Pott, L. (1994) Characterization of an albuminassociated phospholipid factor with muscarinic activity in cardiac cells. J. Physiol. (London)
480: 90-92.
Marsal, J., Tigyi, G., and Miledi, R. (1995) Incorporation of Torpedo acetylcholine receptors
and Cl- channels into Xenopus oocytes following injection of Torpedo electroplaque membranes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 92: 5224-5228,\.
Tigyi, G., Hong, L., Shibata, M., Parfenova, H., Yakubu, M., and Leffler, C. (1995)
Lysophosphatidic acid alters cerebrovascular reactivity in piglets. Am. J. Physiol. (Heart Circ.
Physiol.) 37: H2048-H2055.
Tigyi, G., Fischer, D., Yang, C., Dyer, D,, Sebök, A., and Miledi, R. Lysophosphatidic acidinduced neurite retraction in PC12 cells: control by phosphoinositide-Ca2+ signaling and Rho.
J. Neurochem. 66: 537-548,
Tigyi, G., Fischer, D., Dyer, D,, A. Sebök, and Miledi, R. (1996) Lysophosphatidic acidinduced neurite retraction in PC12 cells: neurite protective effects of cyclic AMP signaling. J.
Neurochem. 66: 549-558, 1996.
Liliom, K., Murakami-Murofushi, K., Kobayashi, H., Murofushi, H., and Tigyi, G. (1996)
Xenopus oocytes express multiple receptors for LPA-like lipid mediators. Am. J. Physiol.
(Cell Physiol.) 39: C772-C778.
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Bittman, R., Swords, B., Liliom, K., and Tigyi, G. (1996) A short synthesis of lipid
phosphoric acids analogues inhibiting the lysophosphatidate receptor. J. Lipid Res. 37: 391398.
Liliom, K., Bittman, R., Swords, B., and Tigyi, G. (1996) N-palmitoyl-serine- and Npalmitoyl-phosphoric acids are selective competitive antagonists of the lysophosphatidic acid
receptors. Mol. Pharmacol. 50: 616-623.
Zheng, Y., Fischer, D., Tigyi, G., Gorsky, J.Y., and Xu, Y. (1996) The faciogenital dysplasia
gene product FGD1 functions as a CDC42Hs specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor. J.
Biol. Chem. 271: 33169-33172.
Buenemann, M., Brandts, B.K., Pott, L., Liliom, K., J.-L. Tseng, D. M. Desiderio, G. Sun, D.
Miller, and Tigyi, G. Lysosphingomyelin and sphingosine 1-phosphate activate IKACh
through the same high affinity receptor in guinea pig atrial myocytes. EMBO J. 15: 55245537, 1996.
Guo, Z., Liliom, K., D. J. Fischer, I. C. Bathurst, D. J. Tomei, M. C. Kiefer, and Tigyi, G.
Molecular cloning of a high affinity receptor for the growth factor-like phospholipid mediator
lysophosphatidic acid. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 14367-14372, 1996.
Tigyi, J., Tigyi, G., Liliom, K., and Miledi, R. Local anaesthetics inhibit receptors coupled to
phosphoinositide signaling in Xenopus oocytes. Pflügers Archiv.-Eur. J. Physiol. 433: 478487, 1997.
Santos, M. F., S. A. McCormack, J. Okolicany, Y. Zheng, L. R. Johnson, and Tigyi, G. The
small molecular weight GTPase Rho is important for mucosal wound healing in vitro. J. Clin.
Invest. 100: 216-225, 1997.
Yakubu, M., Liliom, K., Tigyi, G., and C. Leffler. Intrathecal injection of endothelin-1 (ET1) mimics subarachnoid hematoma (SAH)-induced changes in cerebral microvascular
reactivity: possible role for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). Am. J. Physiol. (Regul. Integr.
Comp. Physiol.) 273: R703-R709, 1997.
Erickson, J. R., J. J. Wu, J. G. Goddard, Tigyi, G., K. Kawanishi, L. D. Tomei, and M. C.
Kiefer. The putative lysophosphatidic acid receptor Edg-2/Vzg-1 functionally couples to the
yeast pheromone response pathway. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 1506-1510, 1998.
Liliom, K, Z. Guan, J. L. Tseng, D. M. Desiderio, Tigyi, G., and M. A. Watsky. Growth
factor-like phospholipids generated following corneal injury. Am. J. Physiol. 274 (Cell
Physiol.) 43: C1065-C1074, 1998
Liliom, K., D. J. Fischer, T. Virág, G. Sun, D. D. Miller, J.-L. Tseng, D. M. Desiderio, M.
Seidel, J. R. Erickson, and Tigyi, G. Identification of a novel growth factor-like lipid, 1-Ocis-alk-1’-enyl-2-lyso-sn-glycero-3-phosphate (Alkenyl-GP) that is present in commercial
sphingolipid preparations. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 13461-13468, 1998.
Fischer, D. J., Liliom, K., Z. Guo, T. Virág, G. Sun, D. D. Miller, KMurakami-Murofushi,
K.S. Kobayashi, J. R. Erickson, and Tigyi, G. Naturally occurring analogs of
lysophosphatidic acid elicit different cellular responses through selective activation of
multiple receptor subtypes. Mol. Pharmacol. 54: 979-988, 1998.
Siess, W., K. J. Zangl, M. Essler, M. Bauer, R. Brandl, C. Corrinth, R. Bittman, Tigyi, G., and
M. Aepfelbacher, M. Lysophosphatidic acid mediates the rapid activation of platelets and
endothelial cells by mildly-oxidized LDL and accumulates in human atherosclerotic lesions.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 6931-6936, 1999.
Sebök, A., M. F. Santos, Z. Guo, N. Nusser, B. Debreceni, and Tigyi, G. RhoA regulates
neuronal commitment and neurite outgrowth in differentiating PC12 cells. J. Neurochem. 73:
949-960,1999.
Rizza, C., N. Leitinger, , M. Giese, T. Tyner, J., Yue, D.,Wang, D.J., Fischer, Tigyi, G. and J.
A. Berliner. LPA as a regulator of endothelial/leukocyte interaction. Lab. Invest. 79: 12271235, 1999.
Lehman, M., A. Fournier, I. Selles-Navarro, P. Dergham, N. Leclerc, Tigyi, G., and L.
McKerracher. Inactivation of Rho signaling pathway promotes CNS axon regeneration J.
Neurosci. 19: 7537-7547, 1999.
Li, R., B. Debreceni, K. Zhu, F. Tigyi, and Y. Zheng. Localization of effector-specifiying
regions of the small GTPase Cdc42. J. Biol. Chem. 274: 29648-29654, 1999.
Leitinger, N., T. R. Tyner, L. Oslund, C. Rizza, G. Subbanagounder, H. Lee, P. T. Shih, N.
Mackman, Tigyi, G., M. C. Territo, J. A. Berliner, and D. K. Vora. Structurally similar
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oxidized phospholipids differentially regulate endothelial binding of monocytes and
neutrophils. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA 96:12010-12015, 1999.
Tigyi, G., D. J. Fischer, D. Baker, D. A. Wang, J. Yue, N. Nusser, T. Virag, V. Zsiros,
Liliom, K., D. Miller, and A. Parrill. Pharmacological characterization of phospholipid
growth factor receptors. Ann. New York Acd.Sci. 905: 34-53, 2000.
Balazs, L., J. Okolicany, M. Ferrebee, and Tigyi, G. Topical application of LPA accelerates
wound healing. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 905: 270-273., 2000
Baker, D. L., E. S. Umstot, D. M. Desiderio, and Tigyi, G. Quantitative analysis of
lysophosphatidic acid in human blood fractions. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 905: 267-269,
2000.
Parrill, A. L., D. L.Baker, D.-A. Wang, D. J. Fischer, J. van Brocklyn, S. Spiegel, and Tigyi,
G. Structural features of EDG1 receptor-ligand complexes revealed by computational
modeling and mutagenesis. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 905: 330-339, 2000.
Liliom, K., M. Bueneman, G. Sun, D. Miller, D. M. Desiderio, B. Brandts, K. Bender, Pott,
L., N. Nusser, and Tigyi, G. Sphingosylphosphorylcholine is a bona fide mediator regukating
heart rate. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 905: 308-310, 2000.
Fischer, D. J., KMurakami-Murofushi, K.and Tigyi, G. Characterization of endogenous and
heterologously expressed LPA receptor subtypes. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 905: 287-289,
2000.
Murakami-Murofushi, K., M. Mukai, S. Kobayashi, T. Kobayashi, Tigyi, G., and Murofushi,
H. A lipid mediator, cyclic phosphatidic acid (cPA), and its biological functions. Ann. New
York Acad. Sci. 905: 319-321, 2000.
Essler, M., K. J. Zangl, M. Bauer, M. Retzer, Tigyi, G., M. Apfelbacher, and W. Siess.
Stimulation of platelets and endothelial cells by mildly oxidized LDL proceeds through
activation of lysophosphatidic acid receptors and the Rho/Rho kinase pathway. Ann. New
York Acad. Sci. 905: 282-286, 2000.
Watsky, M.A., M. Griffith, D. A. Wang, and Tigyi, G. Phospholipid growth factors and
corneal wound healing. Ann. New York Acd.Sci. 905:142-158, 2000.
Xu, J., L. M. Love, I. Singh, Q.-X. Zhang, J. Dewald, D.-A. Wang, Tigyi, G., L. G.
Berthiaume, D. W. Waggoner, and D. N. Brindley. Lipid phosphate phosphatase-1 and Ca2+
control lysophosphatidate signalling through EDG-2 receptors. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 2752027530, 2000.
Yatomi, Y., T. Ohmori, G. Rile, F. Kazama, H. OkamotoT., Sano, K. Satoh, S. Kume, Tigyi,
G., Y. Igarashi, and Y. Ozaki. Sphingosine 1-phosphate as a major bioactive
lysophospholipid which is released from platelets and interacts with endothelial cells. Blood
96: 3431-3438, 2000.
Bautista,, D. L., D. L. Baker, D.-A. Wang, Fischer, D., J. van Brocklyn,, S.Spiegel, Tigyi, G.,
and A. Parrill. Dynamic Modeling of EDG1 Receptor Structural Changes Induced by SiteDirected Mutations. J. Mol. Struct. - Theochem. 529: 219-224, 2000.
Balazs L., J. Okolicany, M. Ferrebee, B. Tolley, and Tigyi, G. Topical application of the
phospholipid growth factor lysophosphatidic acid promotes wound healing in vivo. Am. J.
Physiol. (Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol.) 280: R466-R472, 2000.
Parrill, A. L., D.-A.Wang, D. L. Bautista, J. R. van Brocklyn, Z. Lorincz, D. J. Fischer, D. L.
Baker, Liliom, K., S. Spiegel, and Tigyi, G. Identification of Edg1 receptor residues that
recognize sphingosine 1-phosphate, J. Biol. Chem. 275: 39379-3934, 2000.
Liliom, K., G. Sun, M. Buenemann, N. Nusser, B. Brandts, K. Bender, M. J. Fabian, K. U.
Malik, D. D. Miller, D. M. Desiderio, Tigyi, G., and Pott, L. Sphingosylphosphorylcholine is
a naturally occurring lipid mediator in plasma: A possible role in regulating the myocardium.
Biochem. J. 355:189-197, 2001.
Tigyi, G. Physiological responses to lysophosphatidic acid and related glycerophospholipids. Review. Prostaglandins and Lipid Mediators. 64: 47-62, 2001.
Baker, D. L., D. Desiderio, D. D. Miller, B. Tolley, and Tigyi, G. Direct quantitative analysis
of lysophosphatidic acid molecular species by stable isotope dilution D. ionization liquid
chromatography-mass spectrometry. Anal. Biochem. 292: 287-295, 2001.
Bittman, R., D. Qin, D.-A. Wang, Tigyi, G., P. Samadder, and G. Arthur, G. Synthesis an
antitumor propeties of a plasmalogen methyl ether analogue. Tetrahedron. 57: 4277-4282,
2001.
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Fischer, D.J, Nusser, N., Virag, T., Wang, D.-A., Baker, D.L., Parrill, A.L., and Tigyi, G.
(2001) Short-chain phosphatidates are subtype-selective antagonists of the lysophosphatidic
acid receptors. Mol.Pharm. 60:776-784.
Goetzl, E.J., Tigyi, G., and Hla, T. (2001) First International Conference on Lysolipids and
Related Bioactive Lipids in Biology and Disease. The Scientific World.July -issue.
Wang,D.A., Lorincz, Zs., Bautista, D., Parrill, A., Tigyi, G. (2001) A single residue determines
ligand specificity for lysophosphatidic acid or sphingosine-1-phosphate in the S1P1 receptor. J.
Biol. Chem. 276:49213-49920.
Tigyi, G. (2001) Selective ligands for lysophosphatidic acid subtypes. Mol. Pharm. 60: 11611164.
Ray, R., Patel, A., Viar, M.J., McCormack, A.S., Zheng, Y., Tigyi, G., and Johnson, L.R.
(2001) Polyamines are essential regulators of events upstream and downstream of RhoA in
cell migration. Gastroenterology 122:196-205.
Deng, W., Balazs,L., Van Middlesworth, L.,Johnson, L.R., Tigyi, G. (2002)
Lysophosphatidic acid prevents apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells through the inhibition
of Caspase-3/CPP32 activation and expression. Gastroenterology 122:.206-216
Sardar,V.M.,. Bautista, D. L., Fischer, D. J., Yokoyama, K., Nusser, N., Virag, T., Wang, DA., Baker, D. L., Tigyi, G. and Parrill, A. L. (2002) Molecular Basis for Lysophosphatidic
Acid Receptor Antagonist Selectivity. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Mol.Cell. Biol. Of Lipids 1582:
310-318.
Murakami-Murofushi,K., Uchiyama, A., Kobayashi, T., Kobayashi, S., Mukai,
M.,Murofushi, H., and Tigyi,G. (2002) A novel lipid mediator, cyclic phosphatidic acid
(cPA), and its biological functions. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. Mol.Cell. Biol. of Lipids. 1582:17.
Tigyi. G. and Goetzl, E. (2002) Lysolipid mediators in cell signaling and disease. (editorial).
Biochim. Biophys. Acta Mol.Cell. Biol. of Lipids 1582: 1.
Yokoyama, K., Baker, D.L., Virag, T., Liliom, K., Byun, H.S., Tigyi, G. and Bittman, R.
(2002) Stereochemical Properties of Lysophosphatidic Acid Signaling and Metabolism. review. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. Mol.Cell. Biol. of Lipids. 1582: 295-308.
Sano,S., Baker, D., Wada, A. Yatomi, Y., Kobayashi, T., Igarashi, Y., Tigyi, G. (2002)
Multiple Mechanisms Linked to Platelet Activation Result in Lysophosphatidic Acid and
Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Generation in Blood. J. Biol. Chem 277:21197-21206.
Baker, D., Morrison, P., Miller, B., Tolley, B., Postma, F., Moolenaar, W., Tigyi, G. (2002)
Plasma Lysophosphatidic acid level is not a useful early marker of ovarian cancer. JAMA
287:3081-3082.
Chun J, Goetzl EJ, Hla T, Igarashi Y, Lynch KR, Moolenaar W, Pyne S, Tigyi G. (2002)
International Union of Pharmacology. XXXIV. Lysophospholipid Receptor Nomenclature.
Pharmacol Rev. 54:265-269.
Yokoyama, K., Baker, D.L., Virag, T., Liliom, K., Byun, H., Tigyi, G., and Bittman , R.
(2002) Stereochemical properties of lysophosphatidic acid signaling and metabolism.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1582: 296-309.
Nusser, N, Gosmanova, E., Zheng, Y. and Tigyi, G. (2002) NGF signals through TrkA, PI3
kinase and Rac1 to inactivate RhoA during the initiation of neuronal differentiation of PC12
cells. J.Biol.Chem. 277: 35840-35846.
Fueller, M., Wang, D.-A., Tigyi, G., Siess, W. (2002) Activation of Human Monocytic Cells
by Lysophosphatidic Acid and Sphingosine-1-phosphate. Cell Signal. 5:367-75.
Deng, W., Wang, D.-A.,Gosmanova, E., Johnson, L.R., Tigyi, G. (2003) Lysophosphatidic
Acid Protects Intestinal Epithelial Cells from Camptothecin-Induced Apoptosis by Inhibiting
the Mitochondrial Pathway. Am. J. Physiol - Liver, Gastrointest Physiol. 284(5):G821-9
Wang, D-a.,Du, H., Jaggar, J.H., Brindley, D.N., Tigyi, G., Watsky, M.A. (2003) Expression
and Characterization of S1P and LPA Receptors and LPP1 Following Rabbit Corneal Wound
Healing Am. J. Physiol. - Cell Physiol. 283: C1646-C1654.
Virag, T., Elrod, D., Liliom, K., Sardar, V., Yokoyama, K., Parrill, A., Miller, D., Tigyi, G.
(2003) Fatty alcohol phosphates are receptor subtype-specific mimetics and antagonists of the
LPA receptors. Mol.Pharm. 63:1032-1042.
Meyer zu Heringdorf, D., Vincent, M. E. M., Lipinski, M., Danneberg, K., Stropp, U., Wang,
D. A., Tigyi, G., Jakobs, K. H. Inhibition of calcium signaling by the sphingosine-1phosphate receptor S1P1. (2003) Cell. Signal. 15(4):367-75.
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Rother, E., Brandl, R., Baker, D.L., Tigyi, G., Siess. W. (2003) Subtype-selective antagonists
of lysophosphatidic acid-receptors inhibit platelet shape change induced by mildly-oxidized
LDL and plaque lipid core. Circulation 108:741-747.
Lu, X, Cseh, S., Byun, H., Tigyi, G., Robert Bittman (2003) Total Synthesis of Two
PhotoaffinityAnalogues of the Growth Factor-like Mediator Sphingosine 1-Phosphate:
Differential Interaction with Protein Targets – J. Org.Chem. 68:7046-50.
Tigyi, G., Parrill, A. (2003) Molecular Mechanisms of Lysophosphatidic Acid Action. Prog.
Lipid Res.42:498-526.
Fujiwara, Y., Sebok, A., Meakin, S., Kobayashi, T.,Murakami-Murofushi, K., Tigyi, G.
(2003) The endogenous lipid mediator cyclic-phosphatidic acid mimics the actions of
neurotrophins in embryonic hippocampal neurons. J. Neurochem. 87:1272-83.
Yue, J., Yokoyama, K., Balazs, L., Baker, D.L., Pilquil, C., Brindley, D.N., Tigyi, G. (2003)
Mice with Transgenic Over-expression of Lipid Phosphate Phosphatase-1 Display
Reproductive and Hair Growth Deficits without Alteration in Circulating Lysophosphatidate
Level. Cellular Signaling 16: 385-399.
Haserück, N., Erl, Tigyi, G., Ohlmann, P., Ravanat, K., Gachet, C., Siess, W. (2003) The
plaque lipid lysophosphatidic acid stimulates platelet aggregation and platelet-monocyte
aggregate formation in whole blood Involvement of P2Y1 and P2Y12 receptors. Blood
103:2585-92.
Tigyi, G. (2003) Computational approaches to phospholipid receptor structure and function.
Mol. Cell. Proteomics. 2:803.
Siess, W. and Tigyi, G. (2004) Thrombogenic and atherogenic activities of lysophosphatidic
acid. J. Cell. Biochem. 92:1086-94.
Meyer zu Heringdorf, D.,Liliom, K., Schäfer, M., Danneberg, Jaggar, J., Tigyi, G., and Karl
H. Jakobs. (2003) Photolysis of intracellular caged sphingosine-1-phosphate causes Ca2+
mobilization independently of G protein-coupled receptors. FEBS Lett. 543:443-449.
Zhang, C., Baker, D.L., Yasuda, S., Makarova, N., Balazs, L., Johnson, L.R., Marathe, G.K.,
McIntyre, T.M., Xu, Y., Prestwich, G.D., Byun, H.-S., Bittman R., and Tigyi, G. (2004)
Lysophosphatidic Acid Induces Neointima Formation Through PPARγ Activation J.Exp.
Med. 199:763-774.
Goetzl EJ, Tigyi G. (2004) Lysophospholipids and their G protein-coupled receptors in
biology and diseases. J Cell Biochem. 92:867-8.
Deng, W., Poppleton, H., Yasuda, S., Makarova, N., Shinozuka, Y., Wang, D-A., Johnson,
L.R., Patel T.B., and Tigyi, G. Optimal LPA-induced DNA Synthesis and Cell Migration but
Not Survival Require Intact Autophosphorylation Sites of the EGF Receptor. (2004) J. Biol.
Chem. 279: 47871-47880.
Krump-Konvalinkova, V., Yasuda, S., Rubic, T, Makarova, N. Mages, J., Erl,W., Vosseler,
C., Kirkpatrick, C.J., Tigyi, G., Siess, W. (2005) Stable knock-down of the sphingosine-1phosphate receptor S1P1 influences multiple functions of human endothelial cells.
Atheroscler.Vasc. Biol. 25:546-52.
Inagaki, Y., Kohno, T., Pham, T-C, T, Fujiwara, Y., Igarashi, Y., Tigyi, G., and Parrill, A.L.
(2005) Distinct and Conserved Residues Mediate Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Recognition in
S1P4 within the Endothelial Differentiation Gene Family of Receptors. Biochem. J. 89:18795.
Jo, E, Sanna, M.G., Gonzalez-Caberra, P.J., Thangada, S., Tigyi, G., Osborne, D.A., Hla, T.,
Parrill, A.L., Rosen, H. (2005) S1P1-selective in vivo-active agonists from high throughput
screening: Off the shelf chemical probes of receptor interactions, signaling and fate. Chem.
Biol. Cell Press. 12:703-15.
Li, C. Dandridge, K.S., Harris, E.L., Roy, K., Jackson, J.S., Fujiwara, Y., Makarova, N.V.,
Farrar, P.L., Tigyi, G. and Naren, A.P. Lysophophatidic inhibition of secretory diarrhea
through CFTR-dependent protein interactions. (2005) J.Exp. Med. 202:975-86 .
Nusser, N., Gosmanova, E., Fujiwara, Y., Makarova, N., Guo, F., Luo, Y., Zheng,Y., and
Tigyi, G. (2006) Phosphorylation-regulated Target Selection of RhoA Is Required for NGFInduced Neurite Outgrowth Cellular Signaling 18: 704-714.
Durgam, G.G.,Virag, T., Walker,M.D.,Tsukahara,R., Yasuda, S., Liliom,K., van Meeteren,
L.A., Moolenaar,W.H., Wilke, N., Siess,W., Tigyi, G., and Miller, D.D. (2005) Synthesis,
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Structure-Activity Relationships, and Biological Evaluation of Fatty Alcohol Phosphates as
Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor Ligands, Activators of PPARγ and Inhibitors of Autotaxin.
J.Med.Chem. 48(15):4919-30.
Waters, C.M., Connell, M., Gorchkova, I., Long, J., Fujiwara, Y., Belmonte, K., Tigyi, G.,
Natarajan,W., Pyne, S., and Pyne, N.J. (2006) The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor-1
inverse agonist SB649146 reduces platelet-derived growth factor-induced cell migration.
FASEB J 20(3):509-11.
Fujiwara, Y, Sardar, V., Tokumura, A., Baker, D.L., Murakami-Murofushi, K., Parrill, A.,
and Tigyi, G. (2006) Identification of residues responsible for ligand recognition and
regioisomeric selectivity of LPA receptors expressed in mammalian cells – J. Biol. Chem.
280:35038-50.
Xu, Y, Tsukahara, R., Fujiwara, R, Tigyi, G., Prestwich, G. (2006) Phosphonothioate and
Fluoromethylene Phosphonate Analogues of Cyclic Phosphatidic Acid: Novel pKa Matched
LPA Receptor Antagonists. J.Med. Chem. 49:5309-15
Gududuru, V., Tsukahara, R., Makarova, N., Fujiwara, Y., Pigg, K.R., Baker, D.L., Tigyi, G.,
Miller, D.D. (2006) Identification of Darmstoff analogs as selective agonists and antagonists
of lysophosphatidic acid receptors. Biomed. Chem.Lett. 5;16(2):451-6.
Durgam, G., Tsukahara, R., Makarova, N., Fujiwara, Y., Pigg, K.R., Baker, D.L., Parrill, A.,
Tigyi, G., Miller, D.D. (2006) Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of secondgeneration phosphatidic acid derivatives as lysophosphatidic acid receptor ligands. Biomed.
Chem. Lett. 6(3):633-40.
Li, Z, Baker, D.L., Tigyi, G., Bittman R. (2006) Synthesis of Photoactivatable Analogues of
Lysophosphatidic Acid and Covalent Labeling of Plasma Proteins. J. Org.Chem. 20;71:62935
Qian, L., Xu, Y., Simper, T., Aoki, J., Tsukahara, R., Makarova, N., Yu, S., Mills, G.B.,
Tigyi, G., Prestwich, G.D. (2006) Phosphorothioate and fluoromethylene phosphonate
analogues of cyclic phosphatidic Acid: novel antagonists of lysophosphatidic Acid receptors.
Chem. Med. Chem. 1:376-383.
Zhang, H., Tsukahra, R., Tigyi, G., and Prestwich, G. (2006) Synthesis of Cyclic
Phosphonate Analogues of (Lyso)phosphatidic Acid Using a Ring-Closing Metathesis
Reaction. J. Org. Chem. 71(16):6061-6.
Tsukahara, T., Tsukahara, R., Yasuda, S., Makarova, N., Valentine,W.J., Allison, P., Yuan,
H., Baker,D.L., Li, Z., Bittman, R., Parrill, A., Tigyi, G. (2006) Different Residues Mediate
Recognition of 1-O-Oleyl-Lysophosphatidic Acid and Rosiglitazone in the Ligand Binding
Domain of PPARγ1. J. Biol. Chem. 281(6):3398-407.
Long,J.S., Darroch, P,. Tate, R.J., Tolan, D.J., Tigyi, G., Pyne, N.J., Pyne, S. (2006) Lipid
phosphate phosphatases are functionally active as dimers. Biochem. J. 394:495-500.
Baker, D.L., Fujiwara, Y., Pigg, K.R., Tsukahara, R., Kobayashi, S., Uchiyama, A.,
Murakami-Murofushi, K., Murofushi, H., Koh, E., Bandle, R., Byun, H.-S., Bittman, R.,
Murph, M., Fan, D., Mills, G.B., Tigyi, G. (2006) Carba Analogs of Cyclic Phosphatidic
Acid Are Selective Inhibitors of Autotaxin and Cancer Invasion. J. Biol. Chem. 281:2278693.
Waters, C.M., Saatian, B., Moughal, N.A., Zhao, Y., Tigyi, G., Natarahan, V., Pyne, N.J.
Integrin signaling regulatels the nuclear localization and function of the lysophosphatidic acid
receptor-1 (LPA 1) in mammalian cells. (2005) Biochem. J. 398: 55-62.
Moughal, N.A., Waters, C.M., Valentine, W.J., Connell, M., Crook, B., Harrison, S.,
Richardson, J., Tigyi, G., Pyne, S., Pyne, N.J. (2006) Cross talk regulation between TrkA and
lysophosphatidic acid receptor signaling systems in mammalian cell. J. Neurochem –10:
1471-81.
Yue, J. and Tigyi, G. (2006) MicroRNA trafficking and Human cancer. Cancer Biol Ther.
5:573-78.
Liliom, K., Tsukahara, T., Tsukahara, R., Zelman-Femiak, M., Swiezewska, E., and Tigyi, G.
(2006) Farnesyl phosphates are endogenous ligands of lysophosphatidic acid receptors:
inhibition of LPA GPCR and activation of PPARg. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 1761(12):1506-14.
Uchiyama, A., Mukai, M., Kobayashi, S., Kawai, N., Enoki, S., Tanaka, S., Murofushi, H.,
Niki, T., Kobayashi, T., Tigyi, G., Murakami-Murofushi, K., (2007) Inhibition of tumor cell
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invasion and metastasis by novel carba-derivatives of cyclic phosphatidic acid.
Biochim.Biophys. Acta 1771(1):103-12.
Naor, M, Walker, D.M., Tigyi, G., Vanbrocklyn, J., Parrill, A. (2007) Sphingosine 1Phosphate pKa and Binding Constants: Intramolecular and Intermolecular Influences. J.
Mol.Graph.Mod. –Sep;26(2):519-28.
Pilquil, C., Dewald, J., Cherney, A., Gorshkova, I., Tigyi, G., English, D., Natarajan, W., and
Brindley, D.N. (2006) Lipid Phosphate Phosphatase-1 Regulates Lysophosphatidate-induced
Fibroblasts Migration by Controlling Phospholipase D2-dependent Phosphatidate Generation.
J. Biol. Chem. 281(50):38418-29
Gajewiak, J., Yu, S., Tsukahara, R., Tigyi, G., Mills, G.B., Prestwich, G.D. (2007)
Alkoxymethylenephosphonate Analogues of (Lyso)phosphatidic acid: Synthesis and
Biological Activity. J. Org. Chem. 2(5):679-690.
Jiang, G., Xu, Y., Fujiwara, Y., Tsukahara, R., Tsukahara, R., Tigyi, G., and Prestwich, G. D.
(2007) α-Substituted Phosphonate Analogues of Lysophosphatidic Acid (LPA) Selectively
Inhibit Production and Action of LPA. ChemMedChem.2:679-690.
Deng, W., E, S., Tsukahara, R., Valentine, W., Durgam, G., Gududuru,V., Balazs, L.,
VanMiddlesworth, L., Johnson, L.R., Manickam, V., Arsura, M., Parrill, A.L., Miller, D.D.
and Tigyi, G. (2007) The LPA2 Receptor is Required for Protection Against RadiationInduced Intestinal Injury. Gastroenterology. 132(5):1834-51.
Fujiwara, Y., Osborne, D.A., Walker, M.D., Wang, D-A., Bautista,D.D., Liliom, K., Van
Brocklyn, J.R., Parrill, A.L., Tigyi, G. (2007) Identification of the hydrophobic ligand
binding pocket of the S1P1 receptor. J Biol. Chem. 282(4):2374-85.
Pyne NJ, Waters CM, Long JS, Moughal NA, Tigyi G, Pyne S. (2007) Receptor tyrosine
kinase-G-protein coupled receptor complex signaling in mammalian cells. Adv Enzyme
Regul. 47:271-80.
Hao, F., Tan, M., Xu, X., Han, J., Miller, D.D., Tigyi, G., Cui, M.Z. (2007) Lysophosphatidic
acid induces prostate cancer PC3 cell migration via activation of LPA(1), p42and p38alpha.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1771(7):883-892.
Khurana, S., Tomar, A., George, S.P., Guo, H., Tigyi, G., Wang, Y., Siddiqui, M.R. (2008)
Autotaxin and lysophosphatidic acid stimulate intestinal cell motility through LPA2 receptor
activation and redistribution of the actin modifying protein villin to the developing
lamellipodia. Exp. Cell. Res. 314(3):530-42. Epub 2007 Nov 12.
Valentine,W.V, Fujiwara, Y., Tsukahara R., and Tigyi, G. (2008) Lysophospholipid
Signaling: Beyond the EDGs. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 2008 Mar;1780(3):597-605. Epub
2007 Aug 25.
Lin, F-T. , Lai, J-Y., Makarova, N., Tigyi, G., and Lin W.C. (2007) The LPA2 Receptor
Mediates Down-Regulation Of Siva-1 To Promotes Cell Survival J. Biol. Chem. [Epub ahead
of print, 10-26-07] 282, 37759-69.
Valentine, W.V. Fells, J.I., Perygin,D.H.,, Mujahid, S., Yokoyama, K., Fujiwara, Y.,
Tsukahara,R., Van Brocklyn,J.R., Parrill,A.L., Tigyi, G. (2008) Subtype-Specific Residues
Involved In Ligand Activation Of The Edg-Family Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptors.
J.Biol.Chem. J Biol Chem. 283(18):12175-87. Epub 2008 Mar 3.
Fells JI, Tsukahara R, Fujiwara Y, Liu J, Perygin DH, Osborne DA, Tigyi G, Parrill AL.
(2008) Identification of non-lipid LPA(3) antagonists by virtual screening. Bioorg Med
Chem. Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print], 1;16(11):6207-17
Gajewiak J, Tsukahara R, Fujiwara Y, Tigyi G, Prestwich GD. (2008) Synthesis,
pharmacology, and cell biology of sn-2-aminooxy analogues of lysophosphatidic acid.Org
Lett. Epub 2008 Feb 20;10(6):1111-4.
Gajewiak J, Tsukahara R, Tsukahara T, Fujiwara Y, Yu S, Lu Y, Murph M, Mills GB, Tigyi
G, Prestwich GD. (2008) Alkoxymethylenephosphonate Analogues of (Lyso)phosphatidic
Acid Stimulate Signaling Networks Coupled to the LPA(2) Receptor. ChemMedChem.
3(2):200.
Guo, H., Makarova,N., Cheng,Y., E,S., Ji,R.-R., Zhang, C., Farrar,P., Tigyi, G. (2008)
Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype: The Role of Lysophosphatidic Acid
Biochim.Biophys. Acta: Cell Mol. Biol of Lipids, 781(9):571-81.
Khandoga, A.L Fujiwara, Y. Goyal, P. Tsukahara, R. Bolen, A. Guo, H. Pandey, D. Wilke, N.
Liu, J. Valentine, W.J. Durgam, G. Miller, D.D. Jiang, G. Prestwich, G. Tigyi, G.and Siess
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Tigyi G. (2008) Lysophospholipids in Health and Disease. Biochim.Biophys. Acta: Cell Mol.
Biol of Lipids – 1781(9):423.
Hasegawa Y, Murph M, Yu S, Tigyi G, Mills GB. (2008) Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)induced vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein mediates lamellipodia formation to initiate
motility in PC-3 prostate cancer cells. Mol Oncol. 2008 Jun;2(1):54-69.
Lu, X., Sun, C., Valentine, W.J., E, ,S., Liu, J., Tigyi, G., and Robert Bittman (2009) Chiral
Phosphonate Analogues of the Immunosuppressive Agent FTY720. J. Org. Chem. . J. Org.
Chem. 74(8):3192-5.
E, S., Lai, J.S., Tsukahara, R., Chen, C._S., Fujiwara, Y., Yue, J., Yu, J.-H., Guo, H., Kihara,
A., Tigyi, G., and Lin, F.-T. (2009) The LPA2 receptor-mediated supramolecular complex
formation regulates its antiapoptotic effect. J Biol Chem. 2009 May 22;284(21):14558-71.
Epub 2009 Mar 17.
Williams JR, Khandoga AL, Goyal P, Fells JI, Perygin DH, Siess W, Parrill AL, Tigyi G,
Fujiwara Y. (2009) Unique ligand selectivity of the GPR92/LPA5 lysophosphatidate receptor
indicates role in human platelet activation. J Biol Chem. 284(25):17304-19. Epub 2009 Apr
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Zhang H, Xu X, Gajewiak J, Tsukahara R, Fujiwara Y, Liu J, Fells JI, Perygin D, Parrill AL,
Tigyi G, Prestwich GD. (2009) Dual activity lysophosphatidic acid receptor panantagonist/autotaxin inhibitor reduces breast cancer cell migration in vitro and causes tumor
regression in vivo. Cancer Res. 2009 Jul 1;69(13):5441-9. Epub 2009 Jun 9.
Cheng, Y., Makarova, N., Tsukahara, R., Guo, H., E, S., Farrar, P., Balazs, L., Zhang, C.,
Tigyi. G. (2009) Lysophosphatidic Acid-induced Arterial Wall Remodeling: Requirement of
PPARγ but Not LPA1 or LPA2 GPCR. Cell Signal. 12:1874-84. Epub 2009 Aug 23. PMID:
19709640
Fells, J.I., Tsukahara, R., Liu, J., Tigyi, G., and Parrill, A.L. (2010) Structure-based drug
design identifies novel LPA3 antagonists. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 17(21):7457-64. Epub 2009
Sep 18. PMID: 19800804
Fells, J.I., Tsukahara, R., Liu, J., Tigyi, G., and Parrill, A.L. (2009) 2D Binary QSAR
Modeling of LPA3 Receptor Antagonism. J. Comp. Modeling.
Vidot, S., Witham, J., Agarwal,R., Greenhough, S., Bamrah, H.S., Tigyi, G.J., Kaye, S.B.,
Richardson, A., (2010) Autotaxin delays apoptosis induced by carboplatin in ovarian cancer
cells. Cell. Signaling. 22:926–935. PMID: 20100569.
Yue, J., and Tigyi, G. (2010) Conservation of miR-15a/16-1 and miR015b/16-2 clusters.
Mamm. Genome 21(1-2): 88-94. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20013340.
Fells JI, Tsukahara R, Liu J, Tigyi G, Parrill AL. (2010) 2D binary QSAR modeling of LPA3
receptor antagonism. J. Mol. Graph. Model. 2010 Jun;28(8):828-33. Epub 2010 Mar 7.
Zhang Q, Wang D, Kundumani-Sridharan V, Gadiparthi L, Johnson DA, Tigyi G. J, Rao
GN. PLD1-dependent PKCgamma activation downstream to Src is essential for the
development of pathological retinal neovascularization. Blood 2010 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of
print]. 116(8): 1377-85. PMID: 20421451.
Tigyi, G. Aiming Drug Discovery at Lysophosphatidic Acid Targets. 2010. Brit. J.
Pharmacol. 161(2):241-70.
Tsukahara, T., Tsukahara, T., Cheng, Y., Zhang, C., Balazs, L., Du, G., Frohman, M.A.,
Baker, D.L., Parrill, A.L., Uchiyama, A., Kobayashi, T., Murakami-Murofushi, K., and
Tigyi,G. (2010) The Novel Second Messenger Cyclic Phosphatidic Acid Negatively
Regulates The Nuclear Hormone Receptor PPARγ – Mol. Cell. 39, 421-432.
Tonelli, F.; Lim, K. G.; Loveridge, C.; Long, J.; Pitson, S. M.; Tigyi, G.; Bittman, R.; Pyne,
S.; Pyne, N. J. FTY720 and (S)-FTY720 vinylphosphonate inhibit sphingosine kinase 1 and
promote its proteasomal degradation in human pulmonary artery smooth muscle, breast
cancer and androgen-independent prostate cancer cells. Cell Signal 2010, 22, 1536-42.
Valentine, W. J.; Kiss, G. N.; Liu, J.; E, S.; Gotoh, M.; Murakami-Murofushi, K.; Pham, T.
C.; Baker, D. L.; Parrill, A. L.; Lu, X.; Sun, C.; Bittman, R.; Pyne, N. J.; Tigyi, G. (S)FTY720-vinylphosphonate, an analogue of the immunosuppressive agent FTY720, is a panantagonist of sphingosine 1-phosphate GPCR signaling and inhibits autotaxin activity. Cell
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Kosanam H, Ma F, He H, Ramagiri S, Gududuru V, Tigyi GJ, Van Rompay K, Miller DD,
Yates CR. Development of an LC-MS/MS assay to determine plasma pharmacokinetics of
the radioprotectant octadecyl thiophosphate (OTP) in monkeys. J. Chromatogr. 2010.
878(26):2379-83. Epub 2010 Jul 18.
Yin, Z., Carbone, L.D, Gotoh, M., Postlethwaite, A., Bolen, A., Tigyi, G.J.,
MurakamiMurofushi, K., Watsky, M.A. Lysophosphatidic acid-activated Cl− current activity
in human systemic sclerosis skin fibroblasts. Rheumatology. 2010. 49(12):2290-7. Sept. 7
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Long, J.S., Fujiwara, Y., Tigyi, G.J., Pyne. S., and Pyne, N.J. Sphingosine 1-phosphate 4
Receptor uses HER2 (ErbB2) to regulate extracellular signal regulated kinase-1/2 in MDAMB-453 breast cancer cells. J. Biol. Chem. 2010. 2;285(46):35957-66. Epub 2010 Sep 13.
PMID: 20837468
Uchiyama, A., Tigyi, G. and Murakami-Murofushi, K. (2010) Cdc42/N-WASP and
Rac1/WAVE2 Required for LPA-induced Migration of Rat Ascites Hepatoma Cells.
Cytologia 75: 195-201.
Uchiyama, A.; Arai, Y., Kobayashi, T.; Tigyi, G.; Murakami-Murofushi, K. (2010)
Transcellular Invasion of MM1 Rat Ascites Hepatoma Cells Requires Matrix
Metalloproteinases Derived from Host Mesothelium. Cytologia 75, 267-272.
Gupte R, Siddam A, Lu Y, Li W, Fujiwara Y, Panupinthu N, Pham TC, Baker DL, Parrill
AL, Gotoh M, Murakami-Murofushi K, Kobayashi S, Mills GB, Tigyi G, Miller DD. Bioorg
Med Chem Lett. 2010 Dec 15;20(24):7525-8. Epub 2010 Oct 8.PMID: 21051230
Tabchy, A., Tigyi, G., Mills, G. B. (2011) Lipid Signaling and Cancer: Towards a Crystal
Clear View of the Autotaxin-LPA Story. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011
Feb;18(2):117-8. PMID: 21289650
Bolen, A. L.; Fells, J.; Naren, A. P.; Yarlagadda, S.; Beranova-Giorgianni, S.; Chen, L.;
Norman, D.; Baker, D. L.; Best, M. D.; Rowland, M. M.; Sano, T.; Tsukahara, T.; Liliom, K.;
Igarashi, Y.; Tigyi, G. The Phospholipase A1 Activity of Lysophospholipase A-I Links
Platelet Activation to LPA Production During Blood Coagulation. J. Lipid. Res. 2011,
May;52(5):958-70. Epub 2011 Mar 9. PMID: 21393252
Gupte, A., Patil, A., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Lee,S. L., Fujiwara, Y., Fells, J.,Bolen, A.L.,EmmonsThompson, K., Yates, C.Y.,Siddam, A.,Panupinthu, N., Pham, T-C. T., Baker, D.L., Parrill,
A.L., Mills, G.B., Tigyi, G.J., and Miller, D.D. (2011) Benzyl and Naphthalene-Methyl
Phosphonic Acid Inhibitors of Autotaxin with Anti-invasive and Anti-metastatic Actions.
Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2011 6(5):922-35. PMID:21465666.
Pan Y, Balazs L, Tigyi G, Yue J. (2011) Conditional deletion of Dicer in vascular smooth
muscle cells leads to the developmental delay and embryonic mortality. Biochem. Biophys.
Res. Commun. 2011 Feb 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21371421
Valentine WJ, Godwin VI, Osborne DA, Liu J, Fujiwara Y, Van Brocklyn J, Bittman R,
Parrill AL, Tigyi G. (2011) FTY720 (Gilenya) phosphate selectivity of sphingosine 1phosphate receptor subtype 1 (S1P1) G protein-coupled receptor requires motifs in
intracellular loop 1 and transmembrane domain 2. J Biol Chem. 2011 Jun 30. [Epub ahead of
print] PMID: 21719706
Tigyi, G. LPA activates TRPV1-and it hurts. Nat Chem Biol. 2011 Dec 15;8(1):22-3. PMID:
22173354
Gotoh, M., Fujiwara, Y., Yue, J., Liu, J., Lee, S., Fells, J., Uchiyama, A., MurakamiMurofushi, K., Kennel, S., Wall, J., Patil, R., Gupte, R., Balazs, L., Miller, D.D., and Tigyi,
G.J., Controlling cancer through the autotaxin-lysophosphatidic acid receptor axis. Biochem
Soc Transact, 2012. 40: p. 31-6. PMID:22260662.
Chen Z, Wu J, Yang C, Fan P, Balazs L, Jiao Y, Lu M, Gu W, Li C, Pfeffer LM, Tigyi G,
Yue J. DiGeorge syndrome critical region 8(DGCR8) -mediated miRNA biogenesis is
essential for vascular smooth muscle cell development in mice. J Biol Chem. 2012
287(23):19018-28. Apr 17. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22511778.
Valentine WJ, Tigyi G. High-Throughput Assays to Measure Intracellular Ca(2+)
Mobilization in Cells that Express Recombinant S1P Receptor Subtypes. Methods Mol Biol.
2012;874:77-87. PMID: 22528441.
Kiss GN, Fells JI, Gupte R, Lee SC, Liu J, Nusser N, Lim KG, Ray RM, Lin FT, Parrill AL,
Sumegi B, Miller DD, Tigyi G.J. Virtual Screening for LPA2-Specific Agonists Reveals A
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2012 Sep 11. PMID:22968304.
Kiss, Gy.N., Lee, S-C., Fells, J.I., Liu, J, Valentine, W.J., Fujiwara, Y., Emmons-Thompson,
K., Yates, C.R., Sümegi, B., Miller, D.D., Tigyi, G. Mitigation of Radiation Injury by
Selective Stimulation of the LPA2 Receptor. Biochim. Biophys.Acta Biochim Biophys Acta.
2013 Jan;1831(1):117-25. PMID:23127512.
Brindley DN, Lin FT, Tigyi G.J. Role of the autotaxin-lysophosphatidate axis in cancer
resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013 Jan;1831(1):7485. Epub 2012 Aug 29.PMID 22954454.
Parrill AL, Tigyi G. Integrating the puzzle pieces: The current atomistic picture of
phospholipid-G protein coupled receptor interactions. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013
Jan;1831(1):2-12. Epub 2012 Sep 12. PMID: 22982815.
Tigyi, G. New Trends in Lysophospholipid Research. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013
Jan;1831(1):1. Epub 2012 Sep 23. PMID: 23010474.
Schwingshackl A, Teng B, Ghosh MC, Lim KG, Tigyi GJ, Narayanan D, Jaggar JH, Waters
CM (2012) Regulation of inerleukin-6 secretion by the two-ore-dinaub oitassuyn *J2P)
channel Trek-1 in alveolar epithelial calls. Am. J. Phsiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Phsiol. 2012 Dec
28 [Epub ahead of print].
James I. Fell, Sue Chin Lee, Yuko Fujiwara, Derek D. Norman, Keng G.Lim, Ryoko
Tsukahara, Jianxiong Liu, Jason Kirby, Sandra Nelson, William Seibel, Ruben Papoian,
Abby L. Parrill, Daniel L. Baker and Gabor Tigyi. (2013) Blockade of the Hydrophobic
Pocket of Autotaxin Prevents Tumor Invasion and Metastasis. Mol. Pharmacol. 84(3):415424. Epub 2013 Jun 21.
Kotla, S., Singh, N.K., Heckle, M.K., Tigyi, G.J. and Gadiparthi N. Rao. (2013) The
Transcription Factor CREB Enhances Interleukin-17A Production and Inflammation in a
Mouse Model of Atherosclerosis. Science –Signaling. 6: ra83. [DOI: 10.1126/
scisignal.2004214
James I. Fells, Sue Chin Lee, Derek D. Norman, Ryoko Tsukahara, R. Jason Kirby, Sandra
Nelson, William Seibel, Ruben Papoian, Renukadevi Patil, Duane D. Miller, Abby L. Parrill,
Truc-Chi Pham, Daniel L. Baker, Robert Bittman and Gabor Tigyi (2013) Targeting the
Hydrophobic Pocket of Autotaxin with Ligand-based Virtual Screening. FEBS J. – FEBS J.
2013 /febs.12674. [Epub ahead of print].PMID: 24314137.
Oda SK, Strauch P, Fujiwara Y, Al-Shami A, Oravecz T, Tigyi G, Pelanda R, Torres RM.
Lysophosphatidic acid inhibits CD8 T cell activation and control of tumor progression.
Cancer Immunol. Res. 2013 Oct;1(4):245-55. PMID: 24455753
Hu J, Oda SK, Shotts K, Donovan EE, Strauch P, Pujanauski LM, Victorino F, Al-Shami A,
Fujiwara Y, Tigyi G, Oravecz T, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 5
inhibits B cell antigen receptor signaling and antibody response. J. Immunol. 2014 Jun 2.
PMID: 24890721.
Ruisanchez É, Dancs P, Kerék M, Németh T, Faragó B, Balogh A, Patil R, Jennings BL,
Liliom K, Malik KU, Smrcka AV, Tigyi G, Benyó Z. Lysophosphatidic acid induces
vasodilation mediated by LPA1 receptors, phospholipase C, and endothelial nitric oxide
synthase. FASEB J. 2014 Feb;28(2):880-90. Epub 2013 Nov 18. PMID:24249637.
Chen Z, Wang Y, Liu W, Zhao G, Lee S, Balogh A, Zou Y, Guo Y, Zhang Z, Gu W, Li
C, Tigyi G, Yue J. Doxycycline inducible Krüppel-like factor 4 lentiviral vector mediates
mesenchymal to epithelial transition in ovarian cancer cells. PLoS One. 2014. 9(8):e105331.
PMID 25463482.
Morales-Lázaro, S.L., Serrano-Flores, S.L., Llorente, I., Hernández-García, E., GonzálezRamírez, R., Banerjee, S., Miller, D.D., Gududuru, V., Fells, J.I., Norman, D.B., Tigyi, G.J.,
Escalante-Alcalde, D., and Rosenbaum, T. Structural Determinants Of Trpv1 Activation By
Phospholipid Analogs. J. Biol. Chem. 2014 289(49):33876. PMID 25480965.
Lee, S-L, Fujiwara, Y., Liu, J., Yue, J., Wang, Y., Tsukahara, R., Szabo, E., Patil, R.,
Banerjee, S., Miller, D.D., Balazs, L., Ghosh, M.C., Waters, C.M., Oravecz, T., and Tigyi,
G.J. Autotaxin, Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptors 1 and 5 Exert Different Functions in
Tumor Cells Versus the Host tissue Microenvironment in Melanoma Invasion and Metastasis.
Mol. Cancer Res. 2015 :174-85. PMID: 25158955.
Patil, R., Szabó, E., Fells, J.I., Balogh, A., Lim, K.G., Norman, D.B., Patil, S., Strobos, J.,
Miller, D.D., Tigyi, G.J. Design and Synthesis of Sulfamoyl Benzoic Acid Analogs with
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Leblanc, R., Lee, S-C., David, M., Bordet, J-C., Norman, DB., Patil, R., Miller, D.D., Sahay,
D., Ribeiro, J.,lzardin, P.C., Tigyi, G.J., and Peyruchaud, O. Interaction of Platelet-derived
Autotaxin with Tumor Integrin αVβ3 Controls Breast Cancer Metastasis. Blood 2014. Blood.
2014. 124(20):3141-50. PMID 25277122.
Ren, A., Moon, C., Zhang, W., Sinha, C., Yarlagadda, S., Arora, K., Wang, X., Yue, J.,
Parthasarathi, K., Heil-Chapdelaine, R., Tigyi, G.J., and Naren, A.P. Asymmetrical
macromolecular complex formation of LPA2 mediates gradient sensing in fibroblasts. J. Biol.
Chem. 2014. J Biol Chem. 289(52):35757-69. PMID:25542932
Ho Y, Yao C, Lin K, Hou F, Chen W, Chiang C, Lin Y, Li M, Lin S, Yang Y, Lin C, Lu
J, Tigyi G, Lee H. Opposing regulation of megakaryopoiesis by LPA receptors 2 and 3 in
K562 human erythroleukemia cells. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014. 1851(2):172-183. PMID
25463482.
Patil, R., Szabó, E., Fells, J.I., Balogh, A., Lim, K.G., Fujiwara, Y., Norman, D.B., Lee, S-C,
Balazs, L., Thomas, F., Patil, S., Emmons-Thompson, K., Boler, A., Strobos, J., McCool,
S.W., Yates, C.R., Stabenow, J., Byrne, G.I., Miller, D.D., Tigyi, G.J. Protection Against the
Gastrointestinal and Hematopoietic Acute Radiation Syndromes by a Novel LPA2 Receptorspecific Non-lipid Agonist. Chem. Biol. (Cell Press) 2015. 22:1–11. PMID:25619933
Chen Z, Wang Y, Liu W, Zhao G, Lee S, Balogh A, Zou Y, Guo Y, Zhang Z, Gu W, Li
C, Tigyi G, Yue J. Doxycycline inducible Krüppel-like factor 4 lentiviral vector mediates
mesenchymal to epithelial transition in ovarian cancer cells. PLoS One. 2014 Aug
19;9(8):e105331. PMID: 25137052
Deng, W. Kimura, Y., Gududuru, V.,Wu, W., Balogh, A., Szabo, E., Emmons-Thompson, K.,
Yates, C.R., Balazs, L., Johnson, L.R., Miller, D.D., Strobos, J., McCool. W.S., and Tigyi,
G.J. Mitigation of the Hematopoietic and Gastrointestinal Acute Radiation Syndrome by
Octadecylthiophosphate a Small Molecule Mimic of Lysophosphatidic Acid. 2015. Radiation
Res. – in press.
Parham, K.A., Dobbins, J.R., Tooley, K.L., Sun, W.Y., Moretti, P.A., Fells, J.I., Tigyi, G.J.,
Pitson, S.M. and Bonder, C.S. Sphingosine 1-phosphate is a ligand for PPARγ regulating
vascular function. FASEB J - submitted.